Bistable switching of polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals between transparent and scattering modes

MRS Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 223-227

  Lee, Kyung Min ^a,b   Tondiglia, Vincent P ^a,c   White, Timothy J ^a  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b Azimuth Corporation   (United States)

^c FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; POLYMERS; TEXTURES;

BISTABLE SWITCHING; DIRECT CURRENT FIELD; DISPLAY APPLICATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL DISPLACEMENTS; POLYMER NETWORKS; POLYMER-STABILIZED CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMER-STABILIZED CHOLESTERIC TEXTURES; RELATIVE DEGREES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 84945573907     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2015.40     Document Type: Article

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